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I am hearing voices, is it schizophrenia, I need urgent help, I am suffering a lot to avoid voices to do

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Hearing voices is not necessary schizophrenia. It is a symptom of psychosis which can be seen in various psychiatric illnesses.Detailed history taking is required to make a diagnosis. ...  Read More

So my mom hearing voices in her head for about 7 months Is there any way to get rid of voices Thanks you

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The problem faced by ur mother i.e. hearing of voices jn her head can be most likely due to common psychiatric illness and the good part is both can be treated with medication. Kindly consult a psychi ...  Read More

I am hearing voices while falling a sleep. .Hypnagogic hallucinations..Is it serious issue??I was Diagnosed with MDD in 2016.I am not taking any Medicine since July 2018 . Hearing voice only if i tired or working in night shift.

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Its not a big problem but need to continue your treatment for depression which will also help you in these voices. All the best ...  Read More

My brother says that he has been hearing voices of anyone who is around him even though that particular person have not spoken a word. He says that those voices critisize him about himself which makes him hate himself as his friends and family.

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Hello, Your description about your brother's condition is highly suggestive of a psychiatric illness like psychosis. Hence please seek a consultation with a psychiatrist near you for comprehensive ass ...  Read More

Sir I am suffering from hearing voices problem since two years. I can hear voices of my neighbours, my friends, my relatives everytime. They can know what i am thinking saying or doing and comment anything they want or create noises to distrub me annoy me. I can hear them every minute.

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Consult a psychiatrist immediately ...  Read More

I have depression, anxiety and Emotionally unstable personality disorder. Yesterday I started hearing voices and seeing people that aren't real. I am also losing time when hearing voices, it's like I am going through some kind of disassociation. I am on antidepressants but I'm not on any antipshycotic medication.

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Great ..for giving detailed description...See brief psychotic episodes does occur in Cluster B personality disorders..Also Depression with psychotic symptoms could be one differential..So Consult your ...  Read More

I have been advised to wear Binaural hearing aid with proper fittings to overcome hearing my own voice louder by Dr pinaki Majumdar of Kolkata. I thank him for the recommendstion.But what is a Binaural type hearing aid.what is its speciality? Initially 45 days back moulds with out vents were fitted by an audiologist and since wearing it I started h

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Binaural hearing aids simply mean that you need hearing aids in both your ears! You should have opted for an RIC type of hearing aid with open fitting earpiece! It gives much more efficient sound cond ...  Read More

My mom have been hearing voices that aren't real. She keeps on saying that someone is following her. That everyone that she encounter, she thinks that they are talking about her. Pls help me

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U need to take your mother to a psychiatrist as early as possible . ...  Read More

One month after wearing both hearing aids,I hear my own voice with booming sound.Munching pappad also louder.low frequency noice heard louder with booming effect,but higher frequ ency noice is opposite to that.when others speakregarding the same. voice seems muffled.Hearing loss on left ear is 56 decibles and right year 67 decibels. I am wearing ve

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go back to your audiologist and explain this to him/her. ...  Read More

I've been feeling heaviness in my head and hearing a voice telling me what to do.

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With d minimal information u ve provided it seems to be migraine headache. Don't worry about d voices. Just d fact dat u kNo dese voices r not real says dat u ego boundaries r intact. Sometimes wen d ...  Read More

I have been seeing unusual things when I'm alone/around people due to fear of the similar stuff, I have anxiety and cuz of that I'm having alopecia areata, I also hear voices and i don't know what to do and most of these are of self harm and I've harmed myself too. People think that I'm lying because of the hallucinations I have and when I tell the

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Medicine will help you a lot Also the time with illness, and untreated time also contribute a lot to it Kindly consult ...  Read More

My friend hear voices from floor and she tell that the floor is telling to kill herself what to do is it scizophrenia

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Kindly consult the psychiatrist for proper evaluation and treatment. ...  Read More

Hello Doctor so my sister is hearing voices constantly talking about her, seeing flashes, Tired all the time, feeling like someone holding her since last 3 months and she is on medication for hyperthyroidism and is taking Neo Mercazole 5 is it because of the thyroid or something else and what should we do?

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Hello I appreciate your concern for your sister The symptoms you have mentioned are suggestive of psychosis, which can have multiple causes including organic and psychological. Kindly get her consulte ...  Read More

Hi Sir/Mam, I hear noises in my head..like movie songs and some abusing words in my head like from 5-6 years.. I felt that I have an OCD, a mental problem. But while ENTlogist check my hearing abilities with lower frequencies I got to know that I can't hear lower tone. Is hearing voices is related with this??? Please tell. Thanks!

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Tinnitus can occur due to many reasons.hearing disorder can cause tinnitus too. ...  Read More

I usually do not hear voices, i am diagnosed with Schizophrenia. Today i started feeling voices and then they calmed down. I had counselling yesterday. What does it mean?

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Hi there, As per your description of the history of symptoms, you were diagnosed with schizophrenia but you were not hearing “voices”. Schizophrenia is a clinical diagnosis and “hearing” voices may or ...  Read More

Hi, my mother (51) has been having anxiety for the last one year. She was getting constant itching on legs or hands and she would scratch them. For past 3-4 months she has been getting panic attacks regularly and is not having enough sleep. Recently she is hearing voices in her head when she wakes up and is getting very scared that relatives are ab

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The most effective solution for dealing with anxiety for me personally was waking up early. Iam not a morning person but once i tried this, i was surprised how good this made me feel. It helped me fin ...  Read More

My grandma recently expired due to covid 4 months ago. My mother could not see my grandma for final visit on her deathbed. She seriously got depressed at that time. But everything was fine after 2-3 weeks. My mother started behaving weirdly for 2 days. My mother watches spiritual videos for long time and good devotee to god. But, for 2 days she is

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Immediately needs urgent intervention . This is a mental issue and has treatment for this. ...  Read More

2 female voices hearing around me iam not sure it is inside my head or out side i can hear this among 3 years i cant live peacefully they talking very dirty this affect my behaviour ...what is this they talking like real humans and talking a lot of things...please help me to resolve this...and what is the reason for this...

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Hi, consult a psychiatrist who will determine what could be the reasons for hearing voices. A psychiatrist will guide you. ...  Read More

I feel like I hear voices but I try to avoid them, like I feel I hear them and I feel extremely afraid and I think like I will become completely insane and mad guy on streets so I am doing bipolar to avoid voices.

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Chat online for proper history and treatment ...  Read More

My mother is hearing negatives voices, which vary from a person crying, to continuous hitting of objects, or someone shouting or since we live in a joint family some one bitching about her. From my point of view this could be due to her previous emotional stress as many family member sometimes have done back bitching about her which i have also hea

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Suggestive of psychosis Go to a Psychiatrist asap ...  Read More

My father hearing ability is getting reduced only loud voice only he is able to hear. What is the solution for this.

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Please do an audionetry . Consult to an ENT surgeon urgently. ...  Read More

My grandmother has a continuous problem of hearing voices that mostly speaks about killing people or something like that and so she shouts a lot and feels irritated. Mostly the noises speaks what she thinks. We provided her treatment but that didn't work. Is there any treatment for such disease. Please provide the details of this kind of disease an

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She has to be given treatment continuously and at this age her memory also should be tested . Apart from her medication , she should also be educated about her illness once her symptoms start reducing ...  Read More

Hello madam/sir my sister is facing a problem which is ,she is feeling something around her and hearing some warning,scolding voices near her ear when no one is around her.she is imagining someone face staring at her (in pity manner) suddenly and again the face getting dissappeared after few seconds.This type of things were happening mostly when sh

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U need to consult a psychiatrist as early as possible . ...  Read More

Hello im 15 years old. Past two weeks has been veey heard for me. I keep on hearing voices at night but when i ask mom she says she doesn’t hear anything. But i know it, people just aren’t listening to what im hearing. I think because of this i find it hard to trust them i think everybody is playing some sickjoke on me andim guessing some people ar

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U seem to be suffering from psychotic spectrum disorder. U might have lost touch to reality. Antipsychotic medication after consulting a Psychiatrist will be helpful in improving. ...  Read More

One of the E.N.T doctor suggested me.to use zincovit tablet for hearing loss... Am hearing only after 30 db frequency..also am not having wax on ear..and no ear pain... Plz help is that tablet enough..for that.

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Zincovit tablet is a multivitamin preparation and it's not specific for treatment of any kind of hearing loss. If you are suffering from sensory neural hearing loss then usually it is permanent and mo ...  Read More

I am hearing voices which tend to bully me , happens at random timing of days , it can be ignored but it's a huge bother to me . Also I am triggered by situations which tend to affect my physical health , for example if a person bullies me it will affect my stomach health.

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I am able to understand ur difficulties. Hearing voices when no one is around can be auditory hallucinations. They are seen in people having psychotic illness. Ur friends and family might not understa ...  Read More

What are the proven techniques to overcome depression, stress, memory problems rather than taking medicine

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Cognitive behaviour therapy, Mindfulness therapy, Coping skills and assertiveness training, Progressive muscle relaxation exercises, deep breathing exercises, and so on. My clinic is at OMR chennai. I ...  Read More

Hi, I always get told by people that I need to speak louder as I'm not audible. But to me in my head my voice sounds like a normal volume, when I try speaking at a volume that is normal to others I feel like I'm screaming from my throat even though it doesn't sound loud enough. Also my throat hurts when I try to speak louder. Just wanted to confir

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A person can have different habitual loudness level. Consult Speech Therapist to be sure. ...  Read More

It starts with body getting cold, body changes, feels something is getting into my through my vagina, the I wake up at cemetery after refusing to take instructions from voices

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Consult psychiatrist for detailed evaluation and treatment ...  Read More

My daughter has been hearing(her own voice)negative voices in her head. The messages started out mild("You stink") to more severe("If you go to sleep, if you go outside you will die." "Since you want to be alone you should die already.")She's on anti-psychotic medication and she sees a psychiatrist. As her mother I'm concerned the voices will get w

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She is seems to Psychotic..so mainstay treatment was Anti Psychotics..If it is not working then the drugs can be changed or other drugs can be added. Consult any Psychiatrist directly. ...  Read More

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